What operating system should I get?

So your saying all those except for one can play on a computer running XP? So they all support 10 and 11 but can still play on a system using 9? hmmmm..........interesting........... :slurp:

Yeh. sweet i am sticking with XP for the moment, until directx 10 & 11 become more fluent and more games get developed with those versions.

Oh and a question...What version of Directx does the call of duty range support???

Oh, yeah! In your face VISTA and 7!

Sorry had to do it, it was the moment!

hmmmmm......Have you played any COD series before? Why are so into COD? why not any sports game like the NFS series and other car racing games? I for one am not really into shooting type games, I'm more of RPG to Racing type guy now, I was into shooting, but that was long ago......

Because i like shooting games....i dnt really get any enjoment out of racing games.

And yes i have played COD seriesbefore. I own Call of Duty 4 Modernwarfare and Call of Duty World at War.

huh?

How could you not feel the excitement in racing games?

Well I don't really know much about COD but I'd have to guess DirectX 7 atleast. Don't know really know minimum DirectX to play one any of the COD series though. But it could be 7.....

Ye, im sure its all good with the directx version.

Im pretty sure that the only real difference between Directx 10 and Directx 9 is the lighting....with directx 9 the lighting is not as indepth as the directx 10

That's it!??? are you sure? So the graphics don't like you know, look real? Like real real. like in the reality. the grass look like as if it was a perfect image of it's real thing, the sky, people with no blocky hands or crappy graphics of them selves. So games using DirectX10 don't look virtual, right?

Bringing this here up, are there any virtual games out there? you know like your in the game, it's as if you're there and feel what it's like to be there.

Hope XP works well for you and that you don't end up needing to get Win7 in the too near future. Again there is really nothing wrong with XP, but support for it will be dropping fast and you will end up needing Win 7 in the next couple years. Not a huge deal as you will likely be able to buy an upgrade or OEM license for $100-150. If you are sticking for familiarity that is one thing, but I personally just don't see the logic of sticking with XP for a few fractions of a percent of performance. You would be better off taking that $100 and putting it into a better video card or an SSD.

hmmmm..........

It has so far..... For like 5 years, no problems yet, maybe a little bit of BSOD there and here but I can handle, I've got my ways. So anyways, I appreciate what your trying to get me to do, but I'll eventually end up there (probably once I have completed in building my own gaming system with XP Pro 64-bit! But then again, that could take a while since barely know much about computer hardware - you which is better or best at this type and such), no biggies!

Speaking of XP and x86 ........ I wonder how long it will take for redmond to realise that x86 belonged to a different era .... and that has ended, so it would be better just to kill it and make life much more easier for users by narrowing choices to more logical solution(s).

hmmmm

True, but it hasn't ended yet......

Just found a good review comparing DX9 performance in games between XP,Vista,Win7 so i thought i would post back here.

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/windows_7_gaming/page12.asp

Here are the conclusions:

"While there were a couple of cases where WinXP outran Windows 7 and Vista, for the most part Windows 7 wins more than it loses, especially when you factor in multi-GPU technologies like SLI and CrossFire. In fact, if you’re a Windows XP gamer with SLI or CrossFire, I’d definitely urge you to upgrade to Windows 7 as soon as possible.
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Win XP 64 bit lost in every single one of the tests so I would very much encourage anyone comparing these to discount XP 64 bit and go for Win 7 64bit if you have 4Gb+ of RAM. XP 32 bit was pretty close to Win 7, but for mult gpu and for DX 10+ which was not compared you need to get Win 7 anyway.

I guess it has, but it will take bit longer for many users to realize that the train has left the station and it can't be stopped anymore. One major reason is this, which is instilled in our nature i.e. resist to change or perhaps fear of it.

Funny thing about them computers-----you can change the THEME -.-

so, I wouldn't exactly say that's a reason not to get win 7

Definitely agree, I know i have that tendency and so I force myself to at least give each new OS/software release a shot as there usually are many improvements with them. I try to observe and figure out what I think is an improvement or what i don't like as much, then give it some more time to settle in and then decide how to change the theme/settings accordingly.

Win7 is definitely an improvement in my book and has fixed a lot of the issues in XP and Vista. Yes you have to understand some of the changes (like the Memory Caching) for them to make sense, but on the whole I would recommend anyone who is making/buying a new system to go with Win 7 at this point.

Exactly; and I will add one more thing to this argument i.e. I really hope that MS will kill all x86 versions of windows after windows 7 as in my view there is no more need to have them around (only exception atm I can think of is netbooks)

I know i see so many people complaining about how they don't like the new theme/settings (usually they are the more suborn people stuck in their ways ;-) ), and totally miss the fact that you can make it look almost exactly like XP if they want.

He has a machine that could run even vista fine and people are still recommending an outdated OS.

7 would be much more logical choice than vista, in my humble opinion; there are several reasons including performance which are in favor of 7.

I know,i just don't understand why people would want to run an outdated OS like XP.